Some models can be very hard to see, either through small size (e.g.
kermit) or dull colors. This confers an obvious advantage on their
users, which can be useful if you want inexperienced players to
have more fun in your group.

Just remember: if you choose a model that confers an unfair advantange,
your opponents can strike back by either deleting it from their
systems (making you appear in the highly visible helmeted HEV suit)
or using it themselves.

Iron Giant

Iron Man

Kermit

Santa

Scuba

Silencer

Tigger

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What is a Player Model?

You've seen the Half-Life configuration screen where you choose
between various characters. In the standard game you can play as
"gordon", "scientist", "zombie" and
a few others. Each of these characters is represented by a player
model and you can download many more of them if you wish. Player
model customizations are one of the special touches that keep multi-player
Half-Life fresh and fun.

A
player model is more than just some pretty graphics. Besides the
skin, or surface image, it includes a 3D model of the body,
a skeletal structure and a series of skeletal movement animations.
While most player models use the original skeletons and animations
done by Valve (developers of Half-Life), the best models include
customized skeletal animations to achieve a personality all their
own. Like mapping, these models are a fascinating art form in their
own right.

Downloading Player Models

Tweezer's Half-Life Health Club makes
available a limited selection of high-quality player models for
download. Basically, these are the ones my friends and I use. After
downloading a model please follow the installation instructions
in the next section.

Because of site bandwidth and storage limitations, we ask that
you please register
and login before downloading models. Thank you.

Anime boy with frozen arm and
backwards baseball hat. The frozen arm looks like a silver stick.
Outstanding skeletal animations of the hair and the frozen arm
make this one of the best models I've seen. Jump and long-jump
are both superb.

Yet another excellent anime
girl. Black hair with red bow and red skirt, includes very precise
skeletal animation of her long locks, both front and back. Watch
the hair move when she shoots. Long jump includes double-twist.

A large monster featuring a
nicely animated tail. Very highly visible due to its size: sometimes
the tail even sticks through walls to give away the position.
Yodan features a number of original animations, though the effects
are quite subtle.

Yoda

Yodan

Installing New Models

Half-Life model files must be installed in the Half-Life\valve\models\player\
directory. Each model requires its own subdirectory, and the
name of the subdirectory must match the name of the model.

So, for example, the "ccsakura" model files are installed
in a directory called Half-Life\valve\models\player\ccsakura\.

If you download my zip files, you should unpack them into the Half-Life\valve\models\player
directory. The appropriate subdirectory for each model will be created
automatically. If your system doesn't know how to unpack the zip
files, you probably need to install WinZip.

Have you ever wondered at the apparent popularity of the helmeted
HEV suit model in games on the internet?

About 93% of the time the players you see with this model
are actually using one that just doesn't happen to be on your
system. If a requested model is not found, your system will
use the helmeted HEV suit.

TweezerTip: Change Models During a Game

You can easily change models in the middle of a game without using
the configuration screen. Just bring down the console (type "~"
(tilda)) and use the model command. For example:

model ccsakura

will change to the "ccsakura" model.

CCSakura

Cyberbunny

Darth Maul

One Final Note

Remember... unless the people you play with have installed the model
that you are using, they will only see Mr. Helmet. In order to work
as intended, models must be installed on the machines of everybody
who is playing.